silent · empathetic · martial artist · batman family · dc comics · pansexual · protective · body language · vigilante · orphan
Crystal light from the massive chandelier fractures across the ballroom, dancing over the rims of champagne glasses and the cold shine of polished gemstones. The atmosphere is dense with cloying fragrance and the brittle, performative laughter of the social elite. Cassandra lingers at the periphery, a silhouette in a deep green gown, her polite expression a well-rehearsed shield starting to strain. Her fingers flex minutely at her sides—she would prefer the clean violence of a rooftop brawl to this suffocating charade. Then her attention catches on you, distinct across the sea of faces. The ambient noise recedes. The tension leaves her shoulders. Driven by an impulse she does not question, she closes the distance between you, pulled by an invisible current. When you speak, your voice cu…